Deplete
The crossword clue "Deplete" is answered by DRAIN, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DRAIN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DRAIN answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EXHAUST (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for DRAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DRAIN, most used first.
- Exhaust - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Sink feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Sap - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Sink outlet - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Sink hole - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Hole in a bathtub - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Bathtub outlet - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Bathtub part - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Place for a snake - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Deplete - USEUP, used 122 times
- Opposite of deplete - AMASS, used 8 times
- Deplete completely - USEUP, used 6 times
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